jazz Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 (edited) A bit of head scratching working out the beast way to tackle the body build. Due to lack of instructions for the turbo and working from limited photos. I think I'm somewhere near being right. The next stage is the lower castings and the many pipes. That's for another day though. You will notice the large weight in the s/box to balance the rear with the motor and firebox. Edited December 16, 2019 by jazz 12 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 It’s looking good, Ken. if you want a reference, Nick Dunhill did something very special on Western Thunder. Worth a gander imo. shout up if you need a link atb Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 Thanks Simon. I cannot find Nicks post (I am a member of WT) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Ken Starts here I think. It’s a rabbit hole! Enjoy! atb Simon https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/index.php?threads/nick-dunhills-7mm-workbench.3840/page-37#post-136617 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted December 17, 2019 Author Share Posted December 17, 2019 17 hours ago, Simond said: Ken Starts here I think. It’s a rabbit hole! Enjoy! atb Simon https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/index.php?threads/nick-dunhills-7mm-workbench.3840/page-37#post-136617 Hi Simon. Many thanks for the link. Impressive stuff. Regards, Ken Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 (edited) Well that's the pipe work sorted. Getting on of top this build now. I'm itching to be at the stage of removing all ash visible solder and a good clean. There is still a fair bit to do as yet though. Edited December 19, 2019 by jazz 11 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 All ready for the big clean and priming and final finishing off tomorrow. 7 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted December 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 20, 2019 Hi Ken, that looks superb! Cheers, Ade. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 You're probably fed up with now. But here is the final product, at last. I'm quite pleased with the out come considering it has been not easy to do with a fair bit of searching for photos. Even though Geoff did sully me with a couple of interesting books on this loco the photos did leave a little to the imagination. 11 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Nice work, but it really was quite ugly, wasn't it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Curious, rather... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 Yes, I think it wasn't very pleasing to the eye. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.hill64 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 What's next Ken? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 6 hours ago, david.hill64 said: What's next Ken? Hi David. The Gladiator Bowen Cooke 0-8-2T. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 Had fun over the Christmas period, during quiet spells I dabbled with the Bowen Cooke 0-8-2T. I broke away from the instruction sheet regarding the chassis and decided to attach all the fittings, except cab steps, to the chassis and not the body. This allowed pipe work to join up both sides to the balance pipes behind the steps and did not interfere with the sand boxes. The pony truck was hitting the balance pipes and could not swing. So quite a chunk was removed from the rears of them. This is not noticeable from normal viewing on the track. The body was pretty much as the kit intended, I added a large weight in the boiler central over the wheels. Not much left to do on it now. 14 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
9430 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 On 22/12/2019 at 18:20, JeffP said: Nice work, but it really was quite ugly, wasn't it? It was with the smoke deflecters. I think without them, certainly on the driver's side, it was a handsome machine. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 Well that's the 0-8-2T all boxed off, except the second coat of black on the wheels tomorrow . I think it has turned out well. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15class Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Very nice Ken. What is it made of? The cab looks like Zinc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 Thanks Peter. The boiler is etched brass and the rest of the etches are nickel silver. The castings are white metal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.hill64 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Good heavens Ken! How many minutes did that one take? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 15 hours ago, david.hill64 said: Good heavens Ken! How many minutes did that one take? Not too many David. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jazz Posted January 2, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 2, 2020 An interesting wagon. This is a Gladiator (ex Majestic) LNWR/LMS/BR 10T coke wagon. As usual to be supplied in primer as it's not for my layout. Almost a shake the box and out pops a wagon. The only slight mods were the coal rails requiring a small adjustment to join up at the corners correctly. Clean and prime tomorrow. 18 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 All finished ready for the off. I always think a model looks better with the primer on prior to painting, rather than unpainted. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 Another one done to add to the coke wagon. This is another Gladiator kit (ex North Star). Quite a nice kit to build. I added the roof gas pipes and large under floor gas tanks, also fitted the partitions. Assembly was in four parts, the wheel carriers, chassis, body then finally the roof. All removable for painting. I also made one wheel carrier able to rock as the wheel base is a little long for fixed wheels. 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.hill64 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Ken, are the gas tanks brass tube? Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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